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The on-going celebration of Delsin reaching 100 releases continues here with the 4th in the series of 100DSR releases. Featuring key label friends Redshape, D5 and Area Forty_One, it's another compelling package.
First up is the famous masked one with a track specially made to celebrate the centenary. Fittingly it is entitled '100 (Classic Mix)' and finds him in a doleful mood, layering sad synth motifs of a hubbub of nicely crushed drums and scurrying percussion. Sad but optimistic, uplifting but heavy-hearted, it's a quintessential Redshape track that manages to be industrial and romantic at exactly the same time.

Next up is D5, who has basically only ever released on Delsin since emerging in 2001. It's be a few years since his last EP, but this new track makes the wait worth while: 'Stem Cell' is a light-footed, harmonically enriched bit of house that has large opens spaces glowing golden white as paddy kicks keep busy below. A blissful but purposeful track, the final offering comes from sometime Ann Aimee producer Area Forty_One, who offers the dynamic and juddering bit of deep techno that is 'Supervoid'.

Electro hard techno, from 128 to 138 BPM. When Hardcore goes Hardhouse it leaves some traces !

Annunaki, Our Creators Are Returning To Save Us From Ourselves' thats a Science Fiction Story From HERMETIKUM. Experimantal Music From Serbia!

The next floor bomb from Robin Hirte. Hypnotized basslines, rollin grooves and a screaming crowd will make you crazy - as always ! Robin Hirte, DJ and Producer from germany. Well known for his incredible remixes of Phunk Investigations, Robbie Riviera, Lissat&Volltax, Daniel Portman and many more.

And so we present a second record from our NY via San Francisco family, a blossoming talent, Austin Cesear. Primed and fresh from a 12" on Anthony Naples' Proibito label and an Opal Tapes cassette, he surfaces again over a year on from his widely revered Cruise Forever LP - welcome to West Side.

Heavily inspired by the dockside location of Oakland Port, CA. This is Austin Cesear beside black water in the darkest hours, white sodium light bouncing across the surf. Searching across the bay, industry stands proud in the early morning haze. Cargo, containers, machines. Cranes pierce the sky, gulls scream, motors grind - the rush and roar of a new working day in his ears.

Back in the studio these sounds, these sights manifest. Track One - La Paloma, the liquid blue dawn, loops into the horizon. Whilst track two - Ain't It So (Necessary) becomes a twitchy techno shuffle that soon breaks down into the disused mechanic sludge of Cloven Hoov. Easy Bend is then a lesson in the sublime. A machine rhythm in mourning, an aching drone, the soundtrack to ships rolling out of the Bay, toward new worlds. Then the growl of Samareda... a storm of insects hammering against a kick-thump that grows and grows before a shower of voices sweeten the mood to take us home in a blaze of light. Stunning tackle. Bee Free (Warlick Mix) is the endgame - a rugged swagger of moody bump n' beat. The funkiest thing on here.

And so we leave Oakland, we leave Austin Cesear... until next time. This young producer is steadily becoming a mature soul, an exceptional sound, a moment of calm in an ever breathless, over crowded market.

A small cellar in a smart building. A carefully curated collection of analogue synthesisers. A pot of Brylcreem on a table. ZZ Top and Muddy Waters vinyl sitting in a corner in front of a gleaming guitar and an old amplifier. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Arnaud Rebotini's lair in Montmartre, Paris.
A hulk of a man, Rebotini may look physically impressive but inside he's really a big softy who loves singing the blues and has an almost carnal attachment to his keyboards and vintage drum machines. His musical career is now divided between two projects: one uses his own name, Arnaud Rebotini, releasing instrumental electronic albums, both nostalgic and futurist, that he plays live on stage - alone - surrounded by his favourite machines. The other is Black Strobe, where he sings and plays a steamy mix of rock and electronic music heavily influenced by blues and country 'n' western. The project comes to life fully on stage with the energy of a four-person group. In September 2014, Black Strobe will release his second album, Godforsaken Roads. The record confirms Rebotini's rock sensibility and debt to the great American tradition of songwriting, with songs touching on the classic themes of the blues - the randomness of life, the very weight of existence and the strong emotions that run just below the surface (love, lust, loneliness...). He plunges into this world of the bayou, prison and the devil with real passion and the voice of crooner often compared to Iggy Pop or Nick Cave.
Godforsaken Roads contains ten new tracks, including the latest singles Going Back Home and Broken Phone Blues. The digital edition adds Boogie In Zero Gravity and The Girl From The Bayou released as singles in 2012. On the album, Rebotini also reappropriates Folsom Prison Blues, a Johnny Cash classic, once again with the aim of keeping the blues/country 'n' western flame alive (the group's first album already contained a cover version of Bo Diddley's famous track I'm A Man). This new version, entirely synth-led with not a guitar in sight, transports the song to another spacetime continuum with swathes of keyboard worthy of Tangerine Dream, perfectly resuming the spirit of Black Strobe in 2014. However, don't think that Godforsaken Roads is all retro - in fact it's bang up to date, using electronics, sometimes even of a disco slant, to give Black Strobe its futurist dimension. The album allows Arnaud Rebotini to capture the spirit of America's cowboy era and transport it to the present day with resolutely modern production, much like the spirit of the blues that seeps from the music of electro-pop idols Depeche Mode. This contemporary western feel, both melancholic and polished, came to the notice of Quentin Tarantino - who used Black Strobe's cover version of I'm A Man for the trailer of Django Unchained - and Dior, who chose the same track to advertise their perfume Eau Sauvage. By creating a link
between the past, present and future, the group's music has also appealed to Martin Scorsese (the trailer of The Wolf of Wall Street), Guy Ritchie (the soundtrack to RocknRolla) and the creators of the videogame Grand Theft Auto V (GTA). With this new album, layered and feverish, the group is back with renewed faith in the power of the blues and a passion for motivating beats.

Morphine continue to take us there... this time Iranian producer, Sote, with a full album....
Studies in Techno patterns and aesthetics from a maximalist musical perspective without employing orthodox beats.

The focal rhythmic element is achieved with programmed pitched sounds via FM, Physical Modeling and Additive synthesis methods in a modular environment. These aural components that withstand spectral and formant filters, as well as other signal processing units, form harmonies and melodies that interchangeably act as the structural groove. The outcome is occasionally polyrhythmic aiming for a Common-time feel and vice versa. Interwoven patterns and complex ornaments within a pliant grid form a diametric functionality of loop-based trance-inducing music, and require active listening.
This is a paradoxical ode to Noise and Techno progressing further.

Bio:

Ata Ebtekar aka Sote (b. Hamburg, Germany) is an electronic music composer and sound artist based in Tehran, Iran.
His music has been published by various companies, such as Warp Records, Sub Rosa, Digitalis, Sonic Arts Network plus others.
Global cultural exposure through transmigration has been a significant stimulant for his aesthetics. Sote's goal is to create unique and timeless pieces of music that are not available anywhere except in his mind.

His compositions and multi-channel installations are sonic tales synchronously decoding and regenerating customary pattern of thought in nature; aural designs of crisis and harmony where contempo aligns with folklore, orchestrating an artificial saga with a variety of illuminations and analyses. His passion for all music especially, all forms of electronic music, and his extensive involvement in the sound art academia world, has led him to compose in a wide variety of musical styles with a strong emphasis in electro-acoustic techniques, microtonal systems and polyrhythmic motifs.
He has a firm conviction that rules and formulas must be deconstructed and rethought; hence he alters musical modal codes from their original tonality and rhythm (tradition) to achieve vivid synthetic soundscapes.

In order to accomplish dynamic expression on electronics, gesture and texture, he employs various synthesis languages and dsp techniques in a modular sound environment.

Ata 'Sote' Ebtekar believes that music is a cultural habit of sound and anti-sound (silence). Therefore, he generates music without a specific culture, which he believes to be "the other sound."

!!! limited repress coming shortly - exclusively signed by manfred vokuhila !!! mihai popoviciu, der schon auf dj hell's gigolo records einen club hit gelandet hat, kommt hier mit
einem hammer harten 4 tracker. with this ep you take control about the danceflloor! big support by hell and vaeth.

The fourth release of the fantastic Finnish electro-combo Morphology on the Zyntax Motorcity - imprint is an awesome remix-double incl. interpretations of their 'identity component'-tracks by Versalife, The Exaltics, Hardfloor, DJ Overdose, Kan3da & Luke Eeargoggle, DeFeKT, Sync 24 and Biodred. the power will be with you!

An Analog-Trance-Space-Electro-Disco-Rave-Anthem forcing you to tell your closely guarded secret.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Taken from the forthcoming Remute-album 'Theme Tunes For 10 Games Never Made'.
Featuring additional remixes by Electro-alltime-hero Legowelt and your new IndieDance-dreamgirl Sheep Whore

Feedback:

Tensnake
''This is a very good cosmic techno release, loving from start to the end''

Deetron
"Amazing Legowelt remix!"

In Flagranti
"love the beatless and legowelt"

Erol Alkan
4/5

Mylo
"Love this thanks!"

Shit Robot
"legowelt slaying again."

Jim Stanton / Horsemeat Disco
''"legowelt remute! yes! "

Larry Tee
"hotness"

Cosmonauts
"Loving the italo vibe on this Sheep Whore mix"

Hier der Start einer neuen Thokadee Serie!!!Thokadee Jahreszeiten...kommt immer zum jeweiligen Kalendarischen Jahreszeitenanfang...der Frühling...wird vom neuen Thokadee Artisten B.Live aus Erfurt bestritten...dieser kommt im treibenden Techhouse Sound...limitierte Auflage!!!TKEJ001 lets Rock!

Bass4Bots is proud to announce that after several years of searching on distant
planets, our research team has finally discovered the missing link to machine
consciousness . We are now (for the first time ever), able to provide your machine
with a heart. It will not only act human-like; it will also have a self-depending and
unpredictable character, just like a friend or a child.
Our "People of Earth" program can now update* your robot (or any
machine of your choice) with a synthetic soul, no additional devices such as needles or
implants required! Don't sleep on this, make your robot happy...now...!
*this process can't be revoked
The Hidden Persuader:
Funk fuelled, glitchy and direct electro. The Hidden Persuader emits
bass, beat and tone manipulation from Cardiff, Wales, UK. Typical
sound sources consist of circuit-bent instruments, frequency feedback,
loop and software manipulation. Co-founder of the Access Tonal
Communications label and developer of Rewire the Future, an online
radio station. Notable appearances with Luke Vibert, Bass Junkie,
Legowelt, Dexorcist, Uprokk, Espion, Headnoaks, Cylob and many
more...

William Thomas Burnett aka Willie Burns/DJ Speculator / Black Deer is one of the most creative minds of the underground music scene in NYC. After some killer releases for L.I.E.S., The Trilogy Tapes, Crème and Rush Hour, The WT Records boss unveil his new monicker Phobian, presenting 4 spectacular TR-808/SH-101/Pro One driven electro jams for the mysterious Haunted Air Records. TIP !!!

Ragga Noize, from Triplex, is a very powerfull Acid Hardtechno acid 160 BPM with a raggatek force in it... pretty a rare tune. The 3 other tunes are pure Acid killers, very to be linked with Stay Up Forever acid style, using a tribe kick most of the time, witch is not SUF style at all...crossover.

An der Grenze zwischen dem großen und all den kleinen Mainstreams hat ANSTAM während der letzten zwei Jahre einen noch künstlerischeren Ansatz verfolgt und versucht, einen komplexen und ausdefinierten Kosmos zu schaffen voller einzigartiger musikalischer Logiken, Physik und Atmosphären. 'NAMES' ist das dritte Album des aus Berlin stammenden Lars Stöwe und Nachfolger der
von der Presse hoch gelobten Alben 'Dispel Dances' (2011) und "Stones and Woods' (2012). Erneut stößt ANSTAM in seinem eigenwilligen und einzigartigen Stil in neue Gefilde vor und kreiert mit Hilfe des gesamten Instrumentariums relevanter moderner Musik ein zehngängiges Menü deliziösen Brain Foods.

Austrian musician and producer Dorian Concept presents his singular musical vision in its most widescreen form to date via Ninja Tune. His second album, 'Joined Ends', is the biggest, boldest work of his career and a sheer, technicolour audible joy.
- Dorian Concept (aka Oliver Thomas Johnson) is a Vienna-based composer and musician, a child pianist who went on to study music composition in Salzburg in 2005. He has played live in Australia, Asia and all over Europe and the States.
- He has played keys as part of Flying Lotus' live band and at the Royal Albert Hall with The Cinematic Orchestra.
- Previous singles and EPs on Affine Records and Kindred Sprits and his debut album, 2009's 'When Planets Explode', enjoyed critical and underground acclaim.
- Dorian Concept fans include Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Nosaj Thing, Bonobo, Benji B, Zane Lowe, Annie Mac, Huw Stephens, Gilles Peterson, Gaslamp Killer, Rustie, Machinedrum, FaltyDL and Onra.
- Dorian Concept will be touring with a solo show (possible A/V setup) and a live three piece / trio performances with The Clonious (Ubiquity / Affine) and Cid Rim (LuckyMe) on drums.

Function and Vatican Shadow have combined forces on 'Games Have Rules' for Hospital Productions, simultaneously stripping back each producer's more prevalent production elements - the dancefloor-focused techno structures of Function; the experimental cassette-roots of Vatican Shadow - to create an album of dynamic electronic ambient music, equal parts rhythmic and atmospheric.

VINYL COMES IN A LIMITED GATEFOLD SLEEVE AND NON-RETURNABLE

As befitting what began life as an 'emotional acid' album best suited for an after-hours home listening experience, Games Have Rules was created in the early hours at New York's Hospital Productions and Berlin's Inanimate Objects studios, helping imbue the record with a sense of night turning into day, and the shifting contrasts of dark and light the music evokes.

Although not created as the result of improvisation the album retains an effortless, free-flowing structure, while simultaneously introducing the traditional techno drum kit over the course of the record, deconstructing the ever-changing, looming presence of New York City's skyline.

Ambient in the most traditional sense, Games Have Rules omits the top-heavy reverb saturation of so many modern releases and builds from the ground up with an arsenal hi-fi and lo-fi production techniques/equipment with a cinematic sequence over the arc of the record. But whereas New York City has so often been depicted in film as a prison, Games Have Rules is an embracement of the city's endless possibilities: the LP's gatefold black and white image of The Empire State Building lit up at night from the inside; the ongoing stories of rise and decline lived out at it's base.

Following on from this year's Enma, shadowy producer Nomine's latest 12 for Tempa gathers three more of his hypnotic sound system tracks, brimming with fragmentary melodies and subliminal detail, honed for immersion on the dancefloor. Drawing upon his love of dubstep, dub and experimental music, Nomine's tracks carve out vast spaces for mind and body to wander through.

Lead track 'Nomine's Chant' is his most meditative transmission to date; its vocal mantra drifts gracefully through open space, coasting through a landscape pockmarked with sub-bass pulses and clouds of reverb.

The bamboo flutes of peak-time roller 'Ninjah' echo eerily outwards into the void. These brief hints of calm heighten the tension, before earthquake rumbles of percussion and warping bass explode into life, dragging the floor along with them.

The EP is rounded out with 'Syncopator', a deftly swung club track that finds Nomine dropping the pace to find an atmospheric mid-point between two-step and techno. Opening up that extra space within the groove paradoxically ups the energy, making for one of his sleekest and most compulsive tracks to date.

Directly from downtown Milan here's the debut release of FLTR records. Based in the Navigli Area, FLTRs aim is to discover new and uncompromising sounds from the italian electronic scene. Sigmatibet - The Great Scapes ep.1 a Journey into the deepest side of electronic sounds, performed by one of the most seasoned italian electronic producers, Sigmatibet (Paolo Gozzetti), who delivers sounds since 1992. Mixed on a Thermionic Valve System to provide a dense and creamy sound, Sigmatibet environment suggests ambient dub sonorities and oblique beats that melt into clubbing echoes and urban impressions, for a deep atmosphere and a liquid darkness. To be released in Limited 12" Vinyl format.

The next Bleep release comes in the form of Spaces' debut EP, 'One' '- rhe debut EP from the hugely talented new-comer Spaces.

Showcasing a wide range of styles and production talent, the EP opens with the frantic rush of beats and hushed voices of 'Apologies' before a reese-like bassline slices through the mix, coming across like a darkside SND remix. Next up is 'Outside In' bridging the gap between EDMX style electro-funk & Gescom-style glitch. On the flip we are presented with 'Lever', a broken techno track of the highest calibre, chopped snares and a off-kilter acid line whipped together to devastating effect while the EP's coda, 'In Wait' combines a kaleidoscope of beats transported through an ambient techno mainframe before fading into oblivion.

Sounding like no other, this new artist makes his mark with clean rhythmic programming set against dirty compressed textures. The first in a series of releases; expect to hear a lot more from Spaces.

The vinyl edition is limited to 300 copies worldwide.

Press support from: Boiler Room, XLR8R, Hyponik, Clash

DJ support from: Mark Fell, Tessela, Lakker, EoMac, Peverelist, Objekt

killer, fresh, party guaranteed Bass Music

contains a remix by loco dice !!! great support from Luke Solomon, Tiefschwarz, Trevor Jackson, Dj Hell, ...

12" sampler from awesome Clouds-curated compilation of hardcore Scottish hooligan techno.

Heir apparent to the UK techno throne, Clouds have been gaining credibility with each release. With their LP Ghost Systems Rave, 12"s on Fifth Wall and Soma, and their latest Tannhauser Acid Works EP, they've reached beyond the warehouse and into the wild apocalyptic rubble of po-mo UK hardcore.

Their lead track Blood Skating is an industrial blitz of terror-beats, laced with a haunting, Aphex-grade vocal pad. It sets the tone for this incredible release, which they've A&R'd out of thin air, apparently from their mates in Dundee, Perth, and the surrounding mud-lands.

The 12" sampler features DJ Hesburger's 'Roll Up Your Sleeves, Welcome to the Dance,' an awesome slice of overdriven acid electro that sounds like MPIA3 on MDMA. Jane 'Fuck Your Alliance' is proper mental brain dance, while Dance Company's 'Berzerkerz' sounds like an unearthed hardcore anthem from 92.

The full "...I Care Because You Don't" compilation is coming October 2014.

Shop Customers: One per person pls Fast, melodic weirdness from this NYC head.... TIP!
Dan Physics came up in the ranks of the early 90s Midwest & NYC dance underground, when record shops still existed and the club scene was still diverse and vibrant. Working at Sonic Groove Records alongside Adam-X and Frankie Bones, through the years Dan had gained an encyclopedic knowledge of house, techno, industrial music and many genres in between.

What we have here is a document from his past recording archives which demonstrates his studio expertise and is an impressive take of high bpm, yet melodic techno. At points reminding us of Walt J at other junctures more tripped out, this will not be the last time we hear from Dan.

Mit Veröffentlichungen auf Cristian Vogel´s Mosquito, Tresor Records, als Labelchef von Persona und als Live Act hat sich Stewart Walker seit den 90ern einen Namen auf dem Dancefloor gemacht. Nach einer kreativen Pause meldet sich der schon lange in Berlin lebende Musiker nun mit einem Konzeptalbum zurück, dem die EP "Accidental Still Life" im Mai diesen Jahres vorausgeschickt wurde. Im Zeitalter der sich ewig wiederholenden und gleichen Basslinien und Drum Machines besticht "Ivory Tower Broadcast" durch wirkliche Songs, in denen Walker seinen Erfahrungsschatz, seine genre- und grenzübergreifende musikalische Wurzeln verarbeitet, sich über die gängige Regeln hinwegsetzt und so neue Visionen entwickelt. Ein Album, das in der elektronischen Welt dieser Tage einen besonderen Stellenwert einnimmt und mit dem das Schweizer Label Mundo Recordings, ein Ableger von Two Gentlemen (Young Gods) einen furiosen Einstand feiert. Jetzt erhältlich als 2LP inklusive CD!

On the rebound from Trilogy and LIES, the San Franciscan trades up the the sci-fi in Jeff Mills for bonus energy and grit: Flesh And Blood is the bare essentials, squared. On the flip, Low Jack chips into the Industrial madness, putting some Muslimgauze to the funk; BJ is dirty stinking noise.

produced by dino lenny and rob aker !!! already hughe support by steve lawler, ... a meeeegabomb !!!

R&S are proud to introduce hugely talented new signing Alma Construct, AKA 19 year old Josh Thompson to the world for his debut self-titled EP.From the throbbing bounce of Balearic opener 'On The Edge, Surrounded With The Shores Of Assudrey' to the menacing hum and snarl of 'Deer Drink From The River' it's clear that Alma Construct music is wildly ambitious and expressive.
Taking inspiration from La Planète Sauvage a 70s stop-motion science fiction allegory by René Laloux, his music conjures up fantastical visions through caustic timbres and enigmatic melodies - on the flip 'Imagine Them's industrial beats, strobing synths and hypnotic BoC bass melody give way to Dialectic A and B - a pair of trippy, hallucinogenic audio workouts.
Thompson utilises an array of beatboxes, samplers, tape machines and guitar pedals to assemble his warm, immersive sound taking as much inspiration from his fascination with film and art as his obvious love for music. There's an array of styles on this debut EP and an obvious deft skill behind the machines that point to Alma Construct joining the ranks of some of the finest young producers in the UK.

Notfromearth is not just a Prologue project. Notfromearth is massive passion for sound research with the strong desire to push cinematic sound in combination with electronic, ambient and techno. And that is exactly why we start in 2013 with Notfromearth. 'The First Contact' EP shows the complete range of electronic music with massive pure electronic rhythms to deepest techno structures.

Prostitutes - aka Cleveland, Ohio marauder James Donadio - flexes a whole new set of muscles on Nouveauree, his first work for Night School.
Sticking to an all-analogue machinebased strategy, Donadio has warped and stripped his palette to create a juddering force majeure across 5 tracks and 28 minutes of power play.

With previous work on labels such as Mira and Spectrum Spools, Prostitutes has deconstructed Techno forms and re-invigorated 4/4 structures to delirious, often a psychedelic effect. Nouveauree can be viewed as a purge, a palette cleanser, a slab re-formed white-noise, bass-heavy kick drums and searing, improbable sampling.
Mastered by James Plotkin and cut by Matt Colton, each sound and bar is perfectly placed for maximum stereo-field contamination.

Opening stomper 'Late To Take It Light' merges echoing, obfuscated sound with a doom-laden kick before collapsing into an analogue, almost-improvised climax. 'Hate's
In The City' ups the tempo with masterful, bass-heavy rhythm and faded static bursts before 'Punk In The Street' jumps in, quite possibly the most audacious track of Prostitutes' career. A definite highlight, the track is infected with a deeply offensive horn sample that does battle with a rumbling, deafening drum machine, a battle that is decided with one of the most extreme 15 seconds waxed this year. Side 2 allows Donadio some breathing space, with 'Dragged It Home To Bed' reveling in a more rolling rhythm punctuated with lush frequencies and expert filtering. 'So Goddamn Gaunt' rounds off Nouveauree, a harking back to the classic Prostitutes sound, claustrophobic samples interspersing the tight, natural funk that Donadio has made his own.

After a series of experimental electronics, Emotional Response welcomes the return of William Burnett alongside fellow Brooklyn cohort Jon Beall with a EP of pure, unadulterated house and techno that should surprise followers of the label. With a debut appearance in auspicious company on Gerd Janson's Music For Autobahns compilation for Rush Hour last year, followed shortly after by an EP on the L.I.E.S white label series, the next move these Brooklyn based, studio sharing producers made together was always going to be of considerable interest. Having carved out their own unique spaces in an increasingly packed electronic gravy train, WT Records boss William Burnett aka Willie Burns / Black Deer, working alongside friend Jon Beall - more widely known as the elusive Entro Senestre - really push the boundaries across all 4 cuts. From the start, the variation from the almost brutal, no holds barred, slam of Snake Charmer is then contrasted with the deep techno throb of Take Me To Your Leader. It the EPs namesake though that caught the label's ear and pointed in a direction all protagonists want to explore. 4/4 kick and key stabs begin before a rattling breakbeat propels the track back to the fields of Buckinghamshire to the early proto-days of Rage, mixing a dash of "intelligence' era Warp before being pulled back with a genius subsonic touch of piano for the finale - a hark to hands in the air past. To end, a return to introspection, with the codeine dose of Hold Me Take Me Leave Me and it's forlorn call of keys, vocal snipes and crashing snare. Overall, an EP that accepts what has gone before but is very much looking to the future.

With two years of solid output behind them, Sheffield label CPU has established itself as a binary science lab that delivers precision electro time after time. This continues with the welcome return of Cygnus - Tesseractar is the electro world killer he has always threatened to make. Following on from his 2012 album Newmark Phase (the inaugural release on CPU), Cygnus presents a collection of sci-fi / video game influenced soundscapes and melodies with a healthy dose of the Roland TR-808.Heads up drexciyan researchers.

CWS (pronounced ''Classicworks'') is the new brainchild of Cardopusher and Nehuen, and their debut release for Barcelona imprint Struments Records presenting their first explosive statement as a formulated duo. Already notorious on the international club circuit for their own innovative productions, as well as the forward thinking curation of their own label (also named Classicworks), ''Untitled EP'' sees them experiment with new forms of production and creation. These four tracks of raw, analogue fetishized techno draw you out of this world and into an acid drenched bunker in outer space, with rhythms and synthesis drawn exclusively from analog gear. The A side showcases two very blunted electronic jams - beginning with the overdriven synth and drum layers of ''Untitled 01'', and rounding off with the tape saturated, funky yet introspective electro jam of ''I''. The B Side sees things set off into hypergear; 'Untitled 02' ignites the dancefloor with its relentless kick and hard, acid-inspired bassline. The EP is topped off beautifully with a remix by Rephlex Records electro superhero and Breakin Records boss DMX Krew, flipping the forward drive of 'Untitled02' into a staccato old skool electro breakdance, drenched in sinister pads and block-rattling orchestra stabs. An absolute essential for the DJ crates worldwide.

Under the moniker Pagan Sector, two mysterious grandmasters of electronic music collaborated, resulting in this depraved love child. Hermopolis Magna is the first born (release) from Amsterdam based Knekelhuis..... Limited supplies.

'Heal' is 21 year-old AxxoN N's 4 year labour of love, a mind bending debut album with each track addressing and coming to terms with states of depression and anxiety.
Sourced almost entirely by samples, it's a enlightening work that is virtually impossible to categorise, perhaps a distant bastard cousin of Autechre and the more fluid experiments of Kraftwerk around the time of Radio Activity. This music is painted out of a deep blue and grey canvas where darkness is omnipresent, but as the music unravels it becomes ever more unpredictable, with bright flashes of melody jumping out of the dense landscape.

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Hinz & Ruhmhardt come out of the gate full speed on their first EP with Doch. A grinding and relentless kick drum, hi-hat and snare combo that no doubt hypnotizes even the most relenting soul. Those merits alone can command a dance floor but, combined with a single organ line that is equal parts villainous, psychedelic, and beautiful while being perfectly constructed with a masters knowledge in the art of tension and suspense, they have conceived a magnum opus of grand proportions. An aural field fusing the finest elements of both heaven and hell.

Panther:
This journey gets straight to the point with the title alone. Just as approaching prey covered by the darkness of night, the snarling synth slowly lurks closer while the loop of hypnotic tones and pulsing drums keep the mark focused and unwitting of its true motive. When it finally shows its teeth, freedom is long gone. Panther has sunk in and forgets any intention of surrender. Wave the white flag. It's an exquisite feeling to be eaten alive.

"We play the tunes already for a few weeks in each of our sets and they are always highlights. So for us it was a must releasing them on our label." Pan-Pot